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Mosier Bulletin O u tlo ok for S ta rt in Calhoun T r i a l Is M u ch Impsoved. Issued Each Friday M OSIER.......................... O R E G O N EVENTÎ5 OF THE DAY Newsy Items Gathered from All Parts of the World. Less Important but N ot Less Inter esting Happenings f ro m Points Outside the State. A religious riot in M exico ended in 15 deaths. Germany is nautic school. to establish J U R O R S S W O R N IN . an aero T a ft has rented a house at B everly, Mass., fo r a summer home. Lucky B aldw in’s doctor has put in a claim fo r $100,000 as his fees. A sealing steam er has been lost off the Newfoundland coast w ith its crew o f 30. t Japan shows every intention to w ield a complete control over Manchurian railroads. Several severe earthquakes are re ported from Peru and much damage to property is feared. Students o f Columbia university, N ew Y ork, are constructing an aero plane along entirely new lineB. Four Chinese ty in g to enter the United States at San Francisco from a B ritish steamer have been caught. A San Francisco woman has been awarded $20,000 fo r the death o f her husband, who was killed by an automo bile. San Francisco, April 14.— Already as aured o f a place unique in the annals of California criminal jurisprudense, the trial of Patrick Calhoun, who is charged with having offered a $4,000 bribe to a former supervisor, made a great stride toward completion yesterday. The tw elfth juror was sworn to try the case, ami when the hour o f adjournment was reached the attorneys were engaged in an honest effort to discover a thirteenth talesman, free from disqualifying opin ions and beliefs. There is a possibility that the alternate juror, who will hol t himself in readiness to serve if any member of the original panel is dis qualified, w ill be selected today, in which event the taking o f testimony w ill be begun Thursday. Thirteen weeks have elapsed since the president of the United Railways ap peared in court to answer the first of seventeen indictments charging him with complicity in the tangled scandals charged against the municipal adminis tration headed by M ayor Eugene Schmitz and Abraham Ruef. During that time sixty-two days have been de voted to the trial, and 2,370 citizens have been summoned to attend the ses sions as prospective jurors. Further earthquake shocks are being fe lt at Messina. A large gray w o lf has been captured in a Chicago suburb. An Erie, Pa., m illionaire has been asked to g iv e up $5,000 or suffer death. Reports that the r e lie f work at M es sina is a farce continue to find th eiir way out. A ll W est Indian colonies have been closed against Castro and France w ill expel him from M artinique. A 6-year old South Carolina boy shot his 3-year old brother and is said to have attem pted to hide the body. A Columbus, 0 ., official has received a “ Black Hand” w arning against issu ing m arriage licenses to blacks and whites. Someone put a $10,000 b ill in the collection plate o f a W ashington, D. C., church and the deacons are looking fo r the donor, fe e lin g sure that it was a mistake. Robbers held up an Ogden, Utah, gam blin g and secured $1,500. The N ew York legislature has turned down a direct prim ary measure. Im m igration authorities have found that the husband o f Emma Goldman obtained his naturalization by fraud. T h is makes the noted anarchist an alien and she may be deported. An thracite miners and operators have s p lit on recognition o f the union. T w o Ohio autoists plunged into the M iam i riv e r w ith their car rather than run down a little g irl. Passengers from the wrecked steam er Indiana have arrived at San F ran cisco on board a warship. Government Believes Convictions Carnot Be Had. ENDS BIG PACKING HOUSE CASE Attorn ey General O rders Ab andon ment o f E fforts to S e c u r e In- dictmsnts for Rebating. Chicago, A p r il 13.— Uncle Sam has abandoned the prosecution in all inves tigations o f the rebate cases, the affairs o f the packers and the alleged A rg o peonage system, which have been be fore the present grand ju ry. This fo l lows the dispatching o f a le tte r from A ttorn ey General George W . W icker- sham, in W ashington, D. C., to M orris & Co., officially announcing the aband onment o f efforts to obtain indictments o f rebating against that firm on e v i dence that has beer heard thus far. This does not apply to the inquiries on the part o f the Departm ent o f Jus tice, which have not been presented be fore the grand jury. The probe o f the N ational P acking company, which g re w out o f the M orris & Co. in vesti gation, has not y e t been heard by the M A N Y F A M IL IE S H O M E L E S S . Federal inquisitorial body. Fees fo r services and funds fo r the Rochester, N. Y ., at M e rcy o f Flames transportation o f the grand jurors dur for a T i m e . in g th eir session have amounted to Rochester, N. Y., April 14— Swept $10,000, while that o f witnesses have along by a 25-mile gale, fire yesterday totaled $5,000. destroyed several sections o f the city H O W R A ILR O A D S S U F F E R . and did damage estimated at $500,000. For a time it was feared that a great portion o f the city would be burned and C o m m e r c e C o m m is s io n ’ s Estimate of Loss by Panic W r o n g . aid was summoned from Buffalo and The battleship Massachusetts is Syracuse. again in commission a fte r an idleness One hundred families are homeless o f tw o years, during which tim e she and militiamen guard what little they was thoroughly overhauled. have saved o f their household effects. A . C. Swinburne, the poet, is dead. Some o f the homeless are quartered in Many anthracite coal operators have precinct houses and a large number passed the night in a public school prepared fo r a strike. A heavy rain set in and, Holland is eagerly aw a itin g the birth building. while it helped to extinguish the blaze, o f an heir to the throne. it was a hardship on the homeless. N ew Y ork C ity alone consumed The Palmer building, a four-story about 25,000,000 eggs Easter. brick structure devoted to manufactur The arm y transport D ix is en route ing interests at Main and Gibbs streets, to Seattle w ith exh ibits from the P h il was the starting point o f the blaze, ippines fo r the fair. which spread over a wide area and Governor L ille y , o f Connecticut, is started u second series of fires. dangerously sick and little hope is held out fo r his recovery. G o v e r n o r Gillette Vetoes Bill. Indictments against H askell and Sacramento, Cal.)0April 14__ Governor other prominent Oklahomans fo r land G illett announced officially yesterday frauds have been dismissed. that he would not sign the change o f Castro's w ife w ill attem pt to have venue bill. Tho measure was introduced Gomez resign as president o f Venezue in tho recent legislature by Assembly- la and place the dictator again in pow man Grove L. Johnson. I t gives to er. every defendant in a criminal action Figures gathered by the bureau o f the right to a change of venue by sim statistics show that m arriages are fa ll ply alleging in an a ffid a v it that he be ing off and divorces increasing in In lieved the judge to be biased. The C iti zens League o f Justice o f San Fran diana. cisco appealed to the governor to veto F or the first tim e since the Spanish the bill, claiming that it would inter w ar the United States army is up to its fere with the g ra ft prosecutions. fu ll strength and recruitin g has stopped except to re-enliBt men. T a f t F av ors Statehood. El Paso, Tex., April 14__ A special A special train was used by a large Eastern firm to carry bonds from San to the Times from Santa Fe, N. M., Francisco to N ew Y ork. Th is method says: was cheaper than paying express. Governor Curry announced yesterday R oosevelt has arrived at P o rt Said. that he would remain as governor o f N ow M exico until statehood is secured. Emma Goldman w ill fight any e ffo rt Ho received a letter from President to deport her. T a ft assuring him o f the president’s Eleven jurors have been finally ac confidence and co operation. The T a ft cepted in the Calhoun case. letter wns not given out. Mr. T a ft E x p e rim e n t are being conducted at gives assurance o f the early passage of N ew Y ork w ith w ireless telephones. the statehood bill. F ifteen automobiles w ere destroyed Not S o r r y Roosevelt Hunts. in a fire which burned a Chicago Rome, April 14__ A friend o f J. Pier- garage. pout Morgan jok in gly told the financier, Revenue officers engaged in a pitch ed battle w ith moonshiners in W est who is in the city, that he had expected to see him in mourning to show his V irgin ia. sorrow at Theodore R oosevelt's absence Preparations are nearly com plete fo r the Harrim an m erger suit at Salt from home. Morgan nppeared to enjoy Lake, when the governm ent w ill try to the jest and replied that all America ought to rejoice at Roosevelt’s absence break the combine said to exist. and that he sincerely hoped R oosevelt’s T w o men w ere burned to death and return would bo indefinitely deferred. three others seriously injured by an He added that the ex president's name explosion o f oil tanks at P oin t R ich would pass into history as that o f tho mond, Cal. The damage w ill reach man who caused incalculable commer cial and financial damage to America. $50,000. The defense has closed its argument in the case to dissolve the Standard O il company. A fte r the governm ent finishes the court w ill take the case under advisem ent and a decision is not looked fo r before fall. CHARGES DISMISSED Chicago, A p ril 13.— An advance ab stract o f statistics o f Am erican ra il ways fo r the year ending June 30, 1908, as com piled by the bureau o f railw ay news and statistics, was made public here today. I t says: “ Instead o f a decrease o f only $164,- 464,941 in gross earnings as the result o f the tem porary financial depression o f 1907-08, as set forth in the p relim i nary income report o f the Interstate Commerce commission fo r the year ending June 30, 1908, the panic o f 1907 resulted in a loss o f more than $330,- 000,000. The loss in net earnings is $129,540,460, instead o f $111,051,006, as g iven in the com mission’s report. “ The two-cent passenger fare le g is lation caused a loss o f $25,000,000 in gross earnings, although more passen gers w ere carried. The heavy loss in net earnings is partly accounted fo r by the expenditure o f approxim ately $32,- 000,000 necessitated by arb itrary inno vations in accounting methods and re quirements in regard to the hours and conditions o f labor.” F O R F E IT ID A H O TIM B E R . G ov ern m en t T a k e s Evidence Against B a rb e r L u m b e r C o m p a n y . St. Paul, A p ril 13.— F orty thousand acres o f tim b er land worth from $1,- 000,000 to $3,000,000 is at stake in the case in which testim ony was taken today by Peyton Gordon, o f W ashing ton, special assistant to the attorney general o f the United States. The proceedings w ere begun several years ago by the Federal governm ent against the Barber Lum ber company, o f Eau Claire, W is ., to cancel patents that the governm ent had issued be tween 1901 and 1903 fo r tim ber land in the R oise basin, Idaho. The g o v ernm ent’ s com plaint declared that the patents had been obtained through fraud. Mr. Gordon has been securing te s ti mony on behalf o f the attorney gene ra l’ s office in Idaho, Nevada, C a lifo r nia, Washington and elsewhere. The case w ill be tried this yea r in Boise. Japa n Wants S ubm ari nes. N ew Y ork, A p ril 13.— The Japanese governm ent is negotia tin g w ith an Am erican builder o f submarine boats fo r the purchase o f plans and specifica tions fo r a new type o f submarine o f sm aller model than the type now in common use, but o f double speed. I t is stated that the proposed new c ra ft would have about the same destructive power as the present type. The pur pose o f the Japanese governm ent is to E xcursio ns in Airships. Berlin, April 14.— Preparations for send draughtsmen to N ew York to the international aeronautical exhibi make drawings, but to build the boats lion to be held at Frankfort next July in Japan. .ire approaching completion. All sorts o f air craft w ill*b e seen in fligh t and Ho pe to Save Indiana. facilities will be offered visitors to San Francisco, A p ril 13.— A w ire make trips in airships starting from the exhibition grounds. For sixty days dur less message received by the Merchants ing the exhibit'-on there w ill be races Exchange today states that the strand and other conic ts. The Zeppelin and ed steam er Indiana, o f the Pacific Mail the Parseval airships w ill travel to Steamship company, which was w reck Frankfort by air and take passengers ed at the entrance to Magdalena bay, on excursions along the Rhine. lies a m ile northeast o f P oin t Tosco, 100 fe e t from shore. The engine room C a s tr o Is Not Prisoner. and fire room ate leaking, but the A d iver be Paris, April 14__ Tho French govern w ater is under control. ment docs not regard Cipriano Castro in longing to the navy is at the scone, but nnv sense as a prisoner. Should Castro has not y e t made an exam ination o f come to St. Nnzairo the government has the vessel. I t is hoped to save about 700 tons o f the cargo. no intention o f molesting him unless he tries to foment public disorder. It Ice S u rr o u n d s Ferries. is believed, however, that Castro will Menominee, Mich., A p ril 13.— Sur leave tho Versailles at Santander, Spain rounded by immense ice windrows, April 22. which stretch in a circle o f 50 miles on Green bay, or slow ly pounding their 7 6 0 Appeal to Roosevelt w ay through the ice o f Chambers is lies Moines, In., April 14.— More than land, Ann A rb or car fe rrie s 1 and 3, 750 lies Moines school children have which le ft F ran k fort yesterday, and signed a petition to Theodore Roosevelt w ere due here this afternoon, have not been located. Lighthouse keepers on asking him to change his mind and not a small Green bay island near Death's kill defenseles animals in Africa. Tho Door have been communicated with, letter is in the hands o f Mrs. Elizabeth but none have seen the boats. Baird, secretary o f the Humane So R u m o r Snake Is Dead. ciety, who w ill send it to Mr. Roosevelt. Muskogee, Okla , A p ril 13.— There Jail for S m o k in g Pipe. is a rumor here that Crazy Snake, Galena. Kan., April 14.— Because Ace chief o f the Creek Indians, who has Raines, IS years old, son o f the post been sought by the state m ilitia for master here, smoked a pipe yesterday, the past tw o weeks, is dead, but it lie was taken to jail. He will face trial cannot be verified. The governm ent Thursday on the charge o f having vio has representatives in the field search lated tl e newly enacted law prohibiting ing fo r the Indian leader. minors from smoking. Alb erta C r o p s to Double. W innipeg. Man., A p ril 13.— The first Sixty P e r C e n t T u b e r c u la r. Dos Moines. Ia „ April 14.— An in Canadian W estern wl.eat crop report vestigation conduct M by the IXS was issued today, showing 100 per cent increase in th# seeder! area in Southern Moines Tubercular Association has ce L it t le seeding outside o f suited in the discovery that six out o f Alb erta. e v e r y , ten children examined are In that d istrict w ill be done until the end o f the month. footed with tuberculosis. MUCH REVENUE LO S T. Am end m en ts Put T h r o u g h T a k e A w a/ T w e n t y Million Dollars. W ashington, A p ril 13.— The e s ti mates o f the revneues which the Payne ta riff b ill w ill produce have been re duced nearly $20,000,000 through the amendments made by the house. The senate finance com m ittee must provide means fo r m aking up thic difference, if the origin al estim ates are to be met. The s trik in g out o f several counter v a ilin g duty clauses w ill lessen the b ill’s productiveness another $20,000,- 000 . The amendment takin g off the 8-cent duty on tea subtracted $78,000,000 from the estim ated revenues. The s trik in g out o f the countervailing duty on coffee disposes o f what probably would have been $15,000,000 in duties. T a k in g out the coun tervailin g pro viso fo r lumber and fo r petroleum means a lost opportunity to increase the revenues by several m illion dollars, it is estim ated. The senate finance com m ittee m ater ially redudeed many o f the D in gley b ill’ s schedules as it passed the house, but in order to increase the revenue- producing power o f the Payne b ill the com m ittee must take d ifferen t action w ith regard to the latter measure. In 1897 the senate com m ittee placed a duty o f 1 1 a cents per pound on hides, which was changed later to 15 per cent, but the Payne bill, as it passed the house, places hides on the fre e list. Under the D in gley law, hides have produced m ore than $3,000,000 rev e nue annually. There are many changes in the Payne b ill from the provisions o f the D in gley law. Its maximum and minimum re talia tory feature, the additional m eth od o f valuation fo r the purpose o f pre ventin g under-valuations and its pro visions fo r the $40,000,000 issuance o f Panama bonds and a $250,000,000 issue o f Treasury certificates are new. I t extends the drawback p riv ile g es so that dom estic raw m aterial may be used in lieu o f im ported m aterial fo r the purpose o f collectin g a drawback, provided an equal amount o f identical imported raw m aterial is manufactured into the same product upon which the drawback is collected. A n inheritance tax, by which it is hoped that $20,000,- 000 w ill be collected, is provided for. In placing a large number o f articles on the fre e lis t and in reducing the du ties on many others, it has been found necessary to increase m aterially the duties on many articles in order to pro duce necessary revenue. The Payne bill increased m aterially the rates on brandy, alcohol, gin, grain spirits, cor dials and liquors, but made virtu a lly no increase on champagne. The senate com m ittee has decided upon an in crease amounting to about 25 per cent above the existio n g rates on wines o f all kinds. A number o f other articles, regarded as luxuries, have been increased. aware of t4ie price I am paying for the C H A P T E R IV . The next day Pearman became excess follies of my younger days." “ It is not likely I should recall such ively enamored of his hopeful son's pro ject, though he did not at all disguise disagreeable facts to your memory, Jf I to himself the difficulties that stood in had not something to propose with re the way of Its accomplishment. If he gard to their being to a considerable ex had not had She advantage of such an tent wiped out. You will do me the jus education as Sam had had, yet he had tice, I think, Mr. Denison, to admit that made a large fortune by trading on the since I have bad the honor of being your weaknesses of his fellow-men. Those pecuniary adviser. I have never held bit who achieve this, though it may be little ters to your lips, when I deemed any to their credit, become more thoroughly thing more palatable would meet the ex acquainted with the springs of Che human igencies of the ease?” Tlhe squire nodded assent. He certain mind than all the metaphysicians and phi losophers who have ever written or dream ly had a confused idea lhat Pearman ed about it. The son might be an astut* had made a pretty good thing out of man enough at his vocation of the turf, the adjustment of his affairs. “ Now, ’ continued the attorney, " l see but he was a child, compared to his fath er, when computing to what extent he a way in which you may be relieved from could persuade, bind, or break men to all immediate embarrassment connected bia own will. The son thought the advan with money matters, and by which Miss tages of such an alliance must be so Denison may be the eventual mistress of transparent in a worldly point of view Glinn In its original integrity.” to Harold Deuison that h» would be a Denison started. To be released from willing coadjutor in the scheme, from the the harassing strain that lies on him now moment it was proposed to him ; the fath with regard to pounds, shillings and peuee er at once foresaw the old family pride — tthat the old property should ouce more that would he up in arms against him cumulate in his daughter— opened a gor the instant he mooted the idea. geous prospect to his eyes. It was a But he said to himself, " I have had piece of good fortune that he had never much to do with Harold Denison, and dreamed of. But he knew his man by should know him thoroughly. Jle is selfish this time well. What was the price he at heart to the core. In all those trou was to pay for this? He said nothing, blous (lays of his, when 1 was settling hut inwardly his brain was busy in vain his affairs, I never knew him dwell upon conjecture as to what Peartutn would w*hat the results might he to his wife demand as his guerdon for producing such ■nd daughter. It was ever what he had a transformation scene. The idea of that to give up. He'll scout this proposal worthy solicitor ever doing anything with with indignation when 1 first mention it out an ulterior motive waa one he never to him ; hut he'll come round to it in entertained for an instant. What would time. As for the girl’s that's Sam's he want? What did he mean? affair; but when Denison has once made up his mind to her marrying him, he’s as C H A P T E R V. likely a man as 1 know' to turn on the A silence of some five minutes ensued domestic screw heavily. I ’ ve seen Chat between the two men ; the old lawyer oracle worked more than once, and it’s was anxious that the tempting bait he generally pretty efficacious. They run held out should he thoroughly gorged be away with somebody else afterwards, oc fore he was called upon to state upon casionally, but that’s the fault of the what terms all this might be brought husbasuls’ not keeping them within about. His beat experience of men told bounds. Yes; I ’ll ride over and see Den him that there was no such mistake in ison to-morrow. It won’ t be a very pleas life as hurrying— an axiom most of us ant job, 1 doubt; but I am used to that.” learn, though generally too late but to The owner of Glinn felt that slight derive minor advantages therefrom. nervous perturbation that invariably at "This sounds too good to be true. Pear- tends the call of a large creditor. The man,” at length remarked the squire. “ I f noise of the carriage wheels had merely it can he done, you must have some In produced a feeling of languid curiosity; fernal rider to the proposition, that it Is but the announcement that Mr. Pearman hardly possible I should assent to.” wanted to see him made the squire's " It is not likely that this can be brought pulse quicken, and it was with an anx about without some valuable assistance iety he was unable to disguise that he from yourself,” rejoined the solicitor. welcomed him in his own peculiar slow "But will you bear steadfastly In your tones. mind the great advantages that will ac “ Sit down, Pearman. Take that arm crue Immediately to yourself, and ulti chair, and make yourself comfortable. I mately to Miss Denison? W ill you, more hope to heaven you haven't come to make over, be good snougli to hear me patiently N I A G A R A IS S T I L L E D . to til« end?" me the reverse?” Ths squire nodded an Impatient as "N ot at all, Mr. Denison. My visit Is Great River it Fro z e n Solidly F r o m not a business one, though I have some sent. "You must, of course, be quite aware thing I should like just to talk to you Bank to Bank . a little about presently. Shocking weath that now Miss Denison has arrived at a Buffalo, N . Y ., A p ril 13.— The voice er we're having. Bad for the farmer«— marriageable age, her great personal at tractions have claimed the attention of o f N ia g a ra was mute today, fo r the very, isn't it?” seccond tim e in the memory o f man, “ You may say that. Nothing wo have a good many young men In Hie county." The attorney paused, but his auditor and the riv e r is frozen solidly from to sell seems to he worth anything. All farm produce is a drag in the market. looked grimly at the firs, and expressed bank to bank. On Wednesday the w orst gale o f the How's Coriander going on? It looks like bis feelings by neither word nor gesturs. “ Well, a young gentleman of consider season piled the solid icefields o f Lake your gathering a terrible harvest in April The horse Is able property, and still better expecta E rie in a huge mass at the low er end at Newmarket, anyhow. tions, who has had the privilege of meet o f the lake. A t N ia ga ra F alls there doing well, I suppose?" “ Yes, I believe so. Y’ ou know, Mr. ing Miss Denison, Is so struck with her had been a heavy ice bridge in the pool Denison, I'm getting too old myself to charms and accomplishments that he has below the cataract since the maddle o f aee after such things. I leave all that to commissioned me to ask your permission winter. Under the impact o f the ice Sam ; but he tells me the horse will run to try whether he cannot succeed in in o f the lake above and the added floes Well for the ‘Guineas,’ bar accidents.” ducing her to xcoept him as a husband. brought through by the wind, the “ ‘Run w e ll!’ ‘Bar accidents !’ Why, On ths point o* family he Is quite aware bridge g a v e w ay and began to Burge *bar accidents,’ he must win,” cried the that he has no pretensions to Miss Deni down the rapids. But before it could ever sanguine Denison. “ I never bet son's hand; but as regards Income, I win freedom in L ake Ontario, the now. as you know; but In the old days think there would bs nothing to be de sired.” wind shifted to the north. Instantly I should hare had a thousand on him.” “ Who do you mean?” broke in the "Ah, well," said the old lawyer, “ there’s the m oving floes packed a t the mouth squire. “ Has Maude given him any en o f the river. The pack fro ze steadily, where It is. You always would believe couragement, that you come with this and each hour brought added pressure In certainties In racing. I never myself got further than believing a horse would story to me?” from above. "M y dear sir, his acquaintance with Unable to traverse its natural chan run well.” Miss Denison Is far too slight for any “ Yes," laughed the squire; “ and In nels, the level o f the r iv e r rose quickly. thing of that kind ever to have been even The highest flood level recorded from consequence you made a fortune while thought of on his part. He is inerely I lost one. I'm afraid, too, it would be previous years is 28 fe e t above the nor anxious to have your permission to try the same thing all over again if I could mal. L a s t night the r iv e r was 40 fe e t his luck. Without that, belle«« me, he would never dare to aspire to your above normal. W a te r poured over the begin once more.” Pearman shot a keen look at him from daughter’s hand." window sills o f the power house o f under his grizzled broke, and thought All this show of deference Induced the the O ntario Pow er company and flood most assuredly that It would be so, and ed the machines. The tracks o f the how very much it would facilitate his squire to listen to the proposition, at all G reat G orge route w ere covered from present design if the squire was a little events, quietly. Who on earth Pearman could have in his eye he had no Idea. the low er steel arch bridge to L e w is Involved in that way at present. He of That he could mean his son all this time ton. course knew the main part of Harold never entered Harold Denison's head. He C onservative estim ates place the Denison’s entanglements, hut even he, certainly knew he had a son, but, mix though his principal man of business, did ing so little as ha did in the county now, damage a t $1,000,000. not know how bad things really were. It he had barely seen him, nor had he, but at would have given him more confidence odd times, even heard of him. N e v e r H e a rd o f T e d d y . to unfold the object of his embassy had "But who Is It, man? Let’s know the San Bernardino, Cal., A p r il 13.— A l he been possessed of such knowledge. name of this bashful suitor? I t ’s a bert Courtney, 70 years old, and fo r 15 “ Well, Pearman,” continued the squire, quality one sees little enough of In these years a recluse miner, arrived in this “ I am afraid I have no money left to put days.” city today from the w ilds o f Southern upon Coriander. Those old days are “ My sod , Mr. Denison, Is the gentle Nevada. H e said he had seen very gone. Yes,” said Denison, bitterly; "h alf man who solicits your permission to do fe w persons during his long isolation. pence are of more account to me now his best to win your daughter." Upon his arrival here he learned for than sovereigns were then. But what is “ Your son ! W h y"— and here ths squire the first tim e that Queen V ic to ria was it you want to talk to me about? Noth stopped, perfectly thunderstruck. It was a levelling age, he knew; that the tide dead, and expressed surprise and would ing to my advantage. I'll be bound.” "I'm afraid n o t; not but that it might of democracy was at the flood, he was not b elieve it until shown papers men be. But I've never been able, Mr. Deni aware; that our cherished institutions tioning K in g Edward o f G reat B ritain. son, to Induce yon to listen to anything were looked on with disdain, that there When newspapermen asked i f he knew to your own advantage." were people who saw no virtu« in coro “ T ed d y” he thought they w ere jok in g “ ’Gad, sir, I can call to mind very nets, and thought an Established Church w ith him. few of your propositions that tended that a worn-out Institution that it would be way. A few hundreds to be saved here as well to do away with, he had heard; Lilley In S tu p o r . and there, at the cost of total' abandon but that the son of a confounded money- H artford, Conn., A p ril 13.— Hope ment of my social position— cases in lending attorney should presume to dream fo r the recovery o f G overnor G eorge which the saving was Incommensurate of mating with a Denison of Glinn he had never contemplated. For a few min L. L ille y is practically abandoned. The with the sacrifice.” "You judge me hardly, Mr. Denison. ute« he was literally speechless; then all governor still remains stupefied and wholly unconscious o f his surroundings. On the occasions to which you allude, the pride of race surged np. He came Physicians are constantly at his bed pardon me if I say that it was on over of a line of whom It had been often said side and his life is being prolonged by strained delicacy on your part which pre that their tongue* were as sharp and vented matters being brought to a mofe ready as their swords. articficial means. W h ile his medical satisfactory conclusion. It is Wie way “ Excuse me,” he remarked; " I was not attendants do not adm it that hope is with yon all," muttered the old lawyer, «ware lhat the times were so far advanc vanished, members o f his fa m ily have musingly. "You forget these scruples ed that our daughters were regarded as given w ay to despair. G overnor L i l when they might tie of use to you, and salable commodities out of their own le y ’ s illness began w ith nervous exhaus hamper us, who have to put your affairs class of life. 1 was not aware that the tion. Since takin g to his bed his heart straight, with them afterwards.” social gap between myself and my solici and kidneys have become affected. "A Denison of Glinn, sir, is not to be tor was so effectually bridged ever. Your Included in the same category ns a bank son, sir, will have to take his chance rupt trader. 1 presume," remarked the with the young man from the butcher’s, British Sailors La nded. and Mr. Muffatee, who keeps the draper's London. A p ril 13.— The Persian s it squire, haughtily. "N o : but it would be better both for establishment in Xm'nster. I shall not uation is gradually developin g in the him and his creditors if it could be so. presume to Influence Miss Denison in her direction o f Anglo-Russian interven Yon repudiate the idea of all compro choice.” tion. B ritish bluejackets were landed mise, and say, ‘ In time, everybody shall Old Pearman had many times in ths from the cruiser Fox at Bushire yes be paid in full.’ The result is, you never course of hit career moralized upon the terday, a fte r a B ritish resident had is get clear, and the creditors art never weakness of losing one's temper about sued a proclamation holding forth the 1 satisfied.” anything, but the squire's eneer brought necessity o f this action because the "But they will be in time,” returned ibe blood to his pale templet. local authorities w ere unable to protect Harold Denison; and the uncertain tone« “ You take a high hand, air— a high foreigners. I t is understood that the in which Le uttered the words wera a hand. I asked yon to listen to me pa landing had been sanctioned by the stringent commentary <*u his previous tiently, and you Insult me. i spoke to speech. you humbly enough to start w ith ; but Russian government. "It's just about that," said Pearman. I tell yen now that wealth chooses Ita “ that I'm wishing to talk to you now. mat* from blood In these days, and that C a s tr o Ba rre d Again. It'« a cruel pity that a fine old property many se well-born sa Mlsa Denison have Copenhagen, A p ril 13.— The govern like Glinn should be broken up. A good i married not a bit better lineage thaa ment has instructed the governor o f deal of It, you see, has fallen Into my mine." the Danish W est Indies under no c ir hex I " “ Perhaps so. People forget themselves cumstances to perm it ex-President "You need not remind me of that,” In all claasea, and forfeit their social Castro to land in that territory. i Interrupted Harold Denison; " I am quite statna i bat It's gettlag time far s e a u grubber* to learn one thing, and that ft — that possession of all the gold is Cali fornia does not constitute a gentleman, or entitle a man to claim alliance w ill gentle blood!” T l * old solicitor's lips quivered, and his lean fingers played nervously with hi« watch chain, os he replied : “ I did not come here to argue out mutual social position. I came here to afford an embarrassed man, for whom 1 have a sincere regard, in spite of all the hard names he heaps upc i me, an oppor tunity of freeing himself from those en tanglements. 1 advanced a proposition which gave him a chance of in some way repairing the evil that the early follies of hie youth had entailed on his child, destined to pay her full share of such in discretions. The days of such prejudice« are past, 1 tell you, Mr. Denison; and once more 1 ask you not to give me an answer now, but to reflect upon the pro posal I have made to you.” “ Y’ ou do us too much honor, Mr. Pear man. Permit me to observe that I must decline all further consideration of the subject. I am perfectly convinced the al liance you projiose with such a delicious oblivion of all status of society would be extremely unsuitable. Allow me to makt Miss Denison’s acknowledgments for the distinction you would have conferred upon her, and to ring for your carriage.” "Very good, sir— very good," cried th« old attorney, as he rose in bis w rath; “ the time will come, maybe, when you'll think that old Sam Pearman would hav« been a good man to have had at your back. I say nothing, Mr. Denison; but you’ll find that you have not made many great er mistakes In your career than this morn ing's work.” And, muttering to himself, the irate old gentleman left the room. “ I wonder what the world is coming t o !” muttered Harold Denison. “ Th« Idea of a child of mine marrying the sod of a money-lending solicitor !” Then his thoughts reverted to that ten thousand )>ound mortgage, and the angry words of the old man at parting, and h< reflected, moodily, that there was littl« likelihood of much time being granted anent the payment of the interest in fu ture; indeed, It was more than probabl« that Pearman. in his anger, would call in his money. All which considerations har assed Harold Denison's mind not a little, and be thought, if it had to be done again, he would reject the old lawyer’s proposaj with rather more courtesy. (T o be continued.) G O A T ’S M IL K F O R SIC K. T h e r e I * P r a c t i c a l l y .So T u b e r c u l o s i s A m o n g the A n im a ls . "W h y not solve the problem o f a pure milk supply for Washington or any other big city by establishing Angora goat ranches?” This question was asked a W ashing ton Post representative by Dr. A. S. von Mansfield, chairman o f the Nebras ka delegation to the sixth International tuberculosis congress. The doctor is a native o f Prussia, Init Ims been prac ticing medicine In this country ever since he was a young man. “ I know It is said,” he continued, “ Angora goats are not good milkers. Neither are short-horned cattle. But It has been demonstrated tim e and again that by proper selection a splendid herd o f short-horns can be gotten together. W hy cannot the snme rule upply to Angoras? I believe It can, and, togeth er w ith one or tw o friends, am looking carefully Into the matter. In every herd o f Angoras a few good milkers w ill be found. Then, why cannot some one anxious to make money go to T e x as, make a good selection and start a goat dairy farm? "Som e folks laugh at the Idea of goat milk taking the place o f that of cows. But here Is a fact that should be borne In mind. Tuberculosis among goats Is practically unheard of, while It la common among cows. This Is the first strong argument In favor o f the goat, from a hygienic standjiolnt. A n other point In favor o f the goat la that persons who have used goat milk In their coffee have testified that It lends a flavor not supplied by cream from cows' milk. “ Goat meat Is splendid fo r human food. It was used away back In Bible times, and many references to It w ill be found In the Old Testament. I t has been used more or less ever since. A n goras could tie developed to supply milk, meat, hair nud skins for the local market. I firm ly believe It could be made a valuable Industry In American agriculture. I have several farms, and know something about agriculture. Goats w ill th rive where cows would not. Rough, hilly ground, that Is prac tically useless for almost anything else, Is a paradise for the festive goat. “ In European countries goat dairy farm s are common and profitable. Soma o f the Imported goats have not dona well In this country, but Angoras are th riving In some sections. Three goats are equal to one cow as milkers. “ Any physician w ill tell you that certified goat milk Is the finest thing that can be bad fo r Infants or for gen eral use. Doctors would tie the first to Indorse such a proposition as I have outlined above.” A V a lu a b le C lew . A woman entered a police station In Holland and asked the officer In charge to have the canals dragged. “ My husband has been threatening fo r some time to drown him self," she explained, “ and he's been missing no«» fo r two days." "Anything peculiar about him by which he can lie recognized?” asked the officer, preparing to fill out a descrip tion blank. For several moments the woman seemed to be searching her memory. Suddenly her face brightened. "W hy, yes, sir. He's deaf.” — E very body’s. A l M D lia d v a n ls s e , “ Your fam ily seems to enjoy going to Europe.” “ Yes.” answered Mr. Cumrox. “ Mother and the girls have observed that I am weak on getting the value of foreign money. Things are ordered and paid for before I have t i n » to make any Intelligent Inquiries as to tho expense.” — Washington Star. w ilt A th le tic s A re “ You needn’t tell me, that tennis Isn't good makes the young man so arms that— that one breathe."— FIck-M e-l'p. F or, Mr. Forson, exercise. It strong In tha can hardly L o c a ted . Fearer— W hat's become o f th* fool who rooks the boat? W eaver— Oh, he's smoking cigarette* around a gaaolln# angine. - Jndg»